Bronze Medal, United States. 1926.173.1

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1926.173.1

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Diameter (in mm): 100

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1926
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze
  • Symbol: KILENYI

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: COMMEMORATING THE FIRST NORTH POLE FLIGHT BY LT COMM RICHARD E BYRD MAY 9 1926|WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL CORPROATION
    • Type: Globe, at the bottom an illuminating propeller

  • Reverse

    • Type: Dogsled going to the North Pole, above an airplane

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1926.173.1
  • Lot: 1926.173
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Clews, James B.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined